Darren Stralow and Simon Lawson shook hands and said their goodbyes. The young gold bulls had just met and thought they were about to die together in a plane crash.
It was 2011, the gold price was about $1300 an ounce and Northern Star Resources was starting its rise from the ranks of penny dreadful to where it sits today, the biggest ASX-listed producer.
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